Businessman. In 1884 he developed the first practical fountain pen and founded the Waterman Fountain Pen Company. At the age of 15 he self-taught himself Pitman's System of Phonography [shorthand]. Although his formal education ended with the district school he would, later, teach shorthand at the University of Virginia.

GOD Bless you and all which do and/or the ones which come here paying respect lay a prayer viewing this too!!!"The true touchstone of civil liberty is not that all men are equal but that every man has the right to be the equal of every other man - if he c...(Read more)-
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, HistorianAdded: Jan. 27, 2015